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Fire-extinguishing foam

lundi 12 février 2018 à 01:00

The US military is replacing toxic fire-extinguishing foam with a slightly different, slightly less toxic fire-extinguishing foam.

Non-toxic foams are available, and airports in other countries already use them.

Public defender strike

lundi 12 février 2018 à 01:00

Public defenders in Brooklyn went on strike after immigration thugs grabbed a defendant as he left the courtroom.

Trials could not proceed without counsel, so their strike had a powerful effect.

Our radical past

lundi 12 février 2018 à 01:00

Big Business Is Hijacking Our Radical Past. We Must Stop It.

The article also reminds us that we must defend the right of violent opposition to violent and unjust authority. We must reject the unfair standard which allows uniformed thugs to crush protesters for even the slightest deviation from politeness.

The troll is now trying to put protesters in prison for many years for planning a protest at which others committed minor property damage. In effect, that starts from the assumption that protesting is a crime.

It isn't a new thing either. They did it in Chicago in 1886.

US 'boundary zone'

lundi 12 février 2018 à 01:00

More than half of all Americans live in the "boundary zone" where immigration thugs can stop any person and demand to see per papers.

This is oppressive to US citizens, not only to immigrants.

Logging and mining

lundi 12 février 2018 à 01:00

A Republican senator proposes to allow logging and mining in wild "wilderness study areas", untouched regions under consideration for being made national parks.